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Publisher's Summary

Please note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book, and not the original book.

How Not to Die by Michael Greger is primarily focused on the use of diet and lifestyle to help prevent the most common causes of death. Greger's grandmother had experienced multiple heart problems and had undergone many heart surgeries by the age of 65 before she went on a plant-based diet recommended by Nathan Pritikin, a lifestyle medicine pioneer. She lived to be 96, which Greger credits to her change in diet and lifestyle. Greger later attended medical school, where he lamented the lack of focus on nutrition in medicine. He decided to become a clinical nutritionist....

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A nice overview of the actual book

This was short and sweet and hit the key points of the book in an easy-to-understated fashion. The narrator spokenclearly and had a pleasant speaking voice. I am glad I.listened to this rather than the entire book, as a lot of this is common sense eating.

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emma

08-03-16

Nothing new

Basically, 33 minutes on "eat more green vegetables". Perhaps the full book has more insight, but this didn't tell me anything other than the obvious.